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Suspected dangerous object on footpath

The police have blocked off an area in Helsingborg after a suspected dangerous object was found on a footpath.

“The object will be investigated and handled,” it says on the police’s website.

– She has received a number of questions about the incident that she has answered, says Mats Ljungkvist to the newspaper.

Säpo should also have found the secret acts that had previously disappeared.

Landerholm, who was allowed to leave his position as a national security adviser, has been called for a new hearing with Säpo, writes Expressen.

Suspected object was harmless

A person has submitted a suspected dangerous object at the police house in Karlshamn.

The object is in a vehicle outside the police house and has been transported there by a private person.

The area has been blocked off and the police are urging the public to listen to the police personnel who will be in place.

The item must be examined.

Update: The item is considered harmless.

Police operation at school – pupils shot air weapons

The police were alerted to a school in Gällivare on Wednesday after two students shot at each other with air weapons.

There is no information that anyone has been injured, police say.

School staff took the air weapons and guardians have been contacted. A notification of minor violations of the Arms Act has been drawn up.

Finance Minister warns of higher unemployment

The recovery in the Swedish economy will continue this year. This is stated by Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) at a press conference.

The forecast for unemployment is increased from 8.4 percent to 8.6 percent.

The Minister also says that the Swedish economy is affected by the uncertainty in the outside world, and mentions, among other things, Donald Trump’s entry into the White House.

– Sweden is very stable in a very uncertain external situation, she says according to TT.

At least 970 killed in Gaza in two days

At least 970 people have been killed in Gaza for the past two days. This is stated by the Hamas -controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza according to AFP.

Israel has attacked several places in Gaza in recent days.

15-year limit may remain for the A-tractor

The 15-year limit seems to be able to remain for A-tractors, following positive messages from EU member states.

When EU countries’ ambassadors discussed on Wednesday, the latest compromises on changed driving license rules in the EU are said to have been positive that Sweden can maintain the 15-year limit for A-tractors, experience.

The message is welcomed by Swedish members of the European Parliament who worked hard across party borders to also get a positive line there.

Negotiations on new driver’s license rules have been ongoing since last fall. Originally, both Parliament and the Council of Ministers were to raise the age limit for the A-tractors to 16 years.

Decisive negotiation takes place on Monday.

UN employee death after Israeli attack in Gaza

At least one person employed by the UN has been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Another five are reported to be seriously injured, writes Al Jazeera.

The Israeli Armed Forces are fighting back against information that they would have attacked a UN facility.

Man to hospital – got power in themselves

The man, who is in his 30s, would do a job at a Nordanstig wind turbine when the accident occurred.

According to police, the man has received about 400 volts of stream in itself.

He has been taken to hospital and is awake and talkable.

Yet another major bank raises mortgage rates

Swedbank raises its mortgage rates on loans with longer binding times. The bank raises the so -called list rates, where loans with two years of binding periods are increased by 0.10 percentage points – to 3.59 percent and loans by five years binding period are increased by 0.35 percentage points to 3.89 percent. The same change applies to loans with ten years of binding time that lands at 3.99 percent.

Handelsbanken, Danske Bank, SBAB and Länsförsäkringar have already announced increases.

List rates are normally clearly above the average interest rate that the bank takes in its loan agreement with mortgage customers.

Fire at recycling center in Gävle – VMA issued

It is currently burning at a recycling center in Gävle. A VMA is issued.

Everyone is said to go indoors and close windows and doors.

According to Gefle Dagblad Started the fire at 11.30. Its extent is currently unclear.

In pictures, black smoke shows coming from the recycling center.

The police are in place and assist the rescue service. No person should have been injured.

Woman prosecuted – hit the educator

When the woman was going to pick up her child at a preschool in Luleå, she discovered that the child had been put to the ground by another child.

Then she got angry and started screaming at preschool staff, reports NSD.

– How can you allow someone to put a child, she should have said.

After a while, the woman beat one of the employees on her face. She must also have threatened the educators.

The woman is now being charged with suspected abuse and illegal threats.

She admits that she beat one of the educators, but denies that she has expressed some threat.

Zelenskyj: Will talk to Trump on Wednesday

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will talk to Donald Trump on Wednesday. This is stated by Zeleskmyj himself during a state visit to Finland, according to the media company Bloomberg.

The two leaders are then expected to discuss the latest attempts at a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

During the Finnish visit, Zelenskyj sounds optimistic, saying that the war may end this year.

Record many ticks in winter

Mild weather and unusually little snow meant a record number of active ticks during January and February. First of all, it is about ticks that sat on pets, but people have also been bitten in southern Sweden.

Five times as many finds were reported in January compared to the same time the year before, according to SVA, the National Veterinary Institute.

Mars is also expected to be a record month. Already, ticks have begun to appear in northern Sweden, even though the snow remains on the ground, according to SVA.